Medieval Mount Athos Between Wealth and Poverty / Zachary Chitwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chitwood, Zachary, author.

Series:

Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 142.

Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 142

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern monasteries--Greece--Athos--History.

Orthodox Eastern monasteries.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Athos (Greece)--Church history.

Athos (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2025]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These collected studies dedicated to the Orthodox monastic center of Mount Athos during the Middle Ages paint a compelling picture of the Holy Mountain’s monastic communities as economic actors. Mount Athos’ rich archival holdings allow both for the minute scrutiny of economic activity and the tracing of long-term trends. Not only were Hagiorite monasteries major players on a local level, but they were also embedded within trans-Mediterranean networks of patronage. The unique status of Mount Athos as a semi-autonomous monastic polity also influenced attitudes towards landholding as well as wealth and poverty more generally. Contributors are Tinatin Chronz, Zachary Chitwood, Stefan Eichert , Martina Filosa, Mihai-D. Grigore, Michel Kaplan, Vladimer Kekelia, Kirill A. Maksimovič, Zisis Melissakis, Nicholas Melvani, Vanessa R. de Obaldía, Daniel Oltean, Nina Richards, Kostis Smyrlis, Apolon Tabuashvili, and Alexander Watzinger. See Less

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Figures

‎Notes on Contributors

‎Introduction (Chitwood)

‎Part 1. Capital Connections: Athonite metochia in Constantinople

‎1. Athonite metochia in Constantinople (10th-12th Centuries) (Oltean)

‎2. Mount Athos and the Wealth of Constantinople (14th-16th Centuries) (Melvani)

‎Part 2. Problems of Property: Founding and Financing Monasteries on Medieval Mount Athos

‎3. General Legal Norms for Monastic Property in Byzantium and Their Implementation on Mount Athos: The Case of Hilandar (Maksimovič)

‎4. Pourquoi fondait-on des monastères sur l'Athos aux xe et XIe siècles? (Kaplan)

‎5. Annuity Endowments and Sovereign Foundations on Mount Athos (Chitwood)

‎Part 3. Iberian Efflorescence: Three Case Studies from the Golden Age of Iviron Monastery

‎6. Liturgical Commemoration and Its Material Value in the Georgian Book of Commemorations (Agapes) of Iviron Monastery (Chronz)

‎7. In Praise of a Businessman: The Hegumenate Account of Paul of Iviron (1170-1184) (Smyrlis)

‎8. The Dynamics of Donations to Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos (According to the Book of Commemorations [Agapes]) (Tabuashvili and Kekelia)

‎Part 4. Consolidating Wealth in a New World: Mount Athos and the Ottomans

‎9. Endowment, Rule, and Theology: Political Theology in the Endowment Deeds for Mount Athos of 15th- and 16th-century Wallachia (Grigore)

‎10. Archival Treasures of the Holy Mountain: Interpreting Ottoman and Arabic Documents as Sources of Athonite Wealth (de Obaldía)

‎Part 5. Material Remains: Athonite Manuscripts, Seals, and Digital Humanities

‎11. Byzantine Monasteries and Their Wealth as Shown by Lead Seals: The Case of the Imperial Monastery of Lakape (Filosa).

‎12. Manuscripts as Part of the Wealth of Athonite Monasteries (Melissakis)

‎13. OpenAtlas: An Open-Source Application to Map Historical Data with CIDOC CRM (Eichert, Richards and Watzinger)

‎Conclusion (Chitwood)

‎Index of Modern Authors

‎Index of Sources

‎Index of Subjects

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004712126

9004712127

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004712126 DOI